Pelin Ayten Yaz Pelin Ayten Yaz

Upper-Intermediate Writing Lesson
Upper-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, I will ask ss to discuss with their partners about receiving a letter from a friend and 3 things they'd expect to find in this letter. And then Ss will read a letter from someone talking about her life and plans.They will match the paragraphs with the given headlines in pairs. They will also learn how to start a letter, summarise what they intend to say, change the subject and ways of concluding a letter by writing a sample in group. They will exchange the letters with another group.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide product writing practice of a letter in the context of daily life

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide scan reading practice using a text about informal letter in the context of daily life.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

First, I will ask ss if they have any friends they haven't seen for a long time. And then I will ask ss to discuss 3 things they expect from a letter which is sent by that friend. They will compare their answers in pairs.

Exposure (6-7 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading

Ss will read an informal letter written by a friend to another friend. They will try to find if the text includes their ideas as well. And then they will check it in pairs and after checking it, pairs will write the numbers of the paragraphs on the board.

Useful Language (7-8 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

SS will find the expressions that the writer used to start, summarise, change the subject and conclude her letter. They will work in pairs and take down notes. And they will compare their answers with another pair. I will do a language analysis on the lexis the ss would find out in the letter.

Pre - Productive Task(s) (6-7 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

I will ask ss to write a letter to a friend, relative or a colleague who they haven't seen for a long time. I will give an outline sheet to make them think and brainstorm before writing the letter. I will also give some useful language samples to help their task. After writing their outlines, they will check their ideas in pairs.

Productive Task(s) (12-14 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

Ss will organise their ideas that they wrote in the outline and they will write a letter to a friend individually. They will have the chance to use the format that they read in the letter. After finishing their letters, they will check their letters in pairs.

Feedback and Error Correction (6-7 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

After ss finish their letters, they will stick them on the wall and each ss will read their classmates' task and they will decide whose life has changed most.

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